Game Players Nintendo Guide Vol.5 No.10

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE

Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Game Boy

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(Table of Content (TOC) and headline excerpts follow.  Bullet lists and (notes) added for clarity.)

Departments

Editor's Notes (approx. 1/4th page; editorial by Selby Bateman; SNES momentum)

Hot Shots ('Hot Shots!'; news section; approx. one page; subtitled 'News - Previews - Events - Bestsellers')

• Busy Times For Turtles... (8th anniversary celebrated at Turtle Comic Book Convention; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist, Tiny Toon Adventures, Sunset Riders games planned for Sega Genesis)
• Megabytes and Pieces... (issue 37 correction - SNES and Genesis Toys game planned by Absolute, not Accolade; Jaleco to release King Arthur's World (SNES); Virgin Games to release The Jungle Book for Nintendo and Sega systems; Street Fighter II merchandise and media planned, Capcom quashes Japanese/America game differences rumors; Little Nemo, Home Alone II: Lost in New York movies planned; Air Zonk scheduled for TurboGrafx-16)
• Our Rating Scale... (sidebar; review rating scale)

Mailbag (approx. 1.66 pages; reader mail; primarily tips & strategies; games & accessories discussed:)

• Mega Man 4 (NES)
• Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
• Exodus Ultima
• Shadowgate
• The Legend of Zelda (NES)
• Ninja Gaiden Shadow (GB)
• Drakkhen
• Street Fighter II
• Metroid II

Ahead of the Game (four pages; game previews; 1/2 page unless noted; all games shown)

• Best of the Best Championship Karate (SNES,GB)
• King of the Monsters (SNES)
• On the Ball (SNES)
• Super Widget (SNES)
• Test Drive II (SNES)
• Tom & Jerry (GB)
• Ahead of Acclaim (one page; upcoming games:)
  • Terminator 2: Judgement Day (SNES)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man and Uncanny X-Men (SNES)
  • Bartman Meets Radioactive Man (NES)
  • The Incredible Crash Test Dummies (NES,GB)

Features

Bart's Nightmare - It's a Dream (The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare (SNES); 10 pages; seven page strategy guide and three page 'Samulski Talks Simpsons' (Paul Samulski (Acclaim Vice President) interview))

The Cat's Meow (three page commentary interview with Felix the Cat cartoonist Don Oriolo; includes running footer 'Cat-apulting Into Gaming' discussing Felix the Cat (NES); Game Boy and SNES versions planned)

Double Dragon Fighting Frenzy ('Double Dragon 3 - The Arcade Game'; GB; three page strategy guide)

An Arcana Bestiary (Arcana (SNES); seven pages)

Go the Distance with TKO (TKO Super Championship Boxing (SNES); two page strategy guide)

Die, Aliens, Die! ('Axelay - Intergalactic Shooting'; Axelay (SNES); three page strategy guide)

Advanced Street Fighting ('Advanced Street Fighter II'; Street Fighter II (SNES); six page strategy guide)

Princely Action (Prince of Persia (SNES); three page strategy guide)

Reviews (1 page reviews, each with 10-scale score)

• Adventure Island 3 (NES)
• BlazeOn (SNES)
• The Flintstones: King Rock Treasure Island (GB)
• Out of Gas (GB)
• Pyramids of Ra (GB)
• Roundball: 2-on-2 Challenge (NES)
• Turn and Burn (GB)
• WWF Steel Cage Challenge (GB)
• Yoshi (NES)